The Situation in Physical Education: Problems and Expectations

VILNUS May 2018

Bruno Cremonesi, National trade union of physical education

Compulsory PE IN FRANCEAGE

pe time total time YEAR % PE

primary 3-10 3h 24 108 12,5

Lower Secondary education 6ème

114h 26 144 15

Lower Secondary education 5, 4, 3

12-143h 26 108 11,5

Upper Secondary education

16-182h 27 72 7,5

PE OPTION in higher school

3h more of PE in higher school if you choose the PE option

5h for the more indepth PE option ( mixt theorical and practical)

• Third discipline in total hours after the French language and mathematic

• The only discipline to be present in the first class to the end of the school.

Challenge and urgent problems

A SPORT GENERATION IN 2024, « PE is an important discipline to promote the values about the Olympic game » French Minister of Education, M. Blanquer

Primary school3HOURS COMPULSORY

On the Field

1H50 PE IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Decrease of motor capacity"In 40 years, our students

have lost about 25% of their physical capacity," says Professor François Carré, cardiologist at the University Hospital of Rennes

French less and less physical active?

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regular physicalactivity

never pratice

20092013

Total cost of sedentary lifestile is esteemed for one year

sedentary living, as measured by sitting time per day, is rising: almost 70% of Europeans say they sit between 2.5 and 8.5 hours in a day

The French Government

• Delete the PE assessment to have the national diploma of the end of compulsory school.

• Delete the possibility to have PE as an option like the other discipline.

• Decrease the part of the mark of PE in the total to have the last diploma before the university.

Aims/objectives and teaching concepts of PE

A new writing frameworkDomain 3: the

formation of the person and the

citizen

Domain 1: Languages for thinking and

communicating

Domain 2: methods and

tools for learning

Domain 4: Natural Systems

and Technical Systems

5: representations of the world and human activity

COMPONENT 1: the specificities of the cycle 4

COMPONENT 2: Essential contributions of the different teachings and educational fields to the common core

COMPT 3: SPORT PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME

5 skills worked in continuity during the different cycles: 1. Develop your motor skills and learn to express yourself

using your body.2. Appropriate by physical and sport practice, methods and

tools.3. Share rules, assume roles and responsibilities.4. Learn how to maintain your health through regular

physical activity.5. Appropriate a physical sports and artistic culture To develop these general skills, physical education and sports offers all students, from school to college, a training program consisting of four complementary learning fields.

COMPONENT 3: SPORT PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME

Learning FieldsCA 1: produce optimal

performance, measurable at a specifical time

CA2: Adapting your movements to a variety

of environments

CA3 : Express yourself in front of others with an

artistic and / or acrobatic performance

CA4: Driving and mastering a collective or

interindividualconfrontation

Learning Fields

END-OF-CYCLING EXPECTATIONS QUASI EXISTING

CA4: Driving and mastering a collective or inter-individual confrontation

- Carry out decisive actions in a favorable situation in order to shift the balance of power in his favour or in favour of his team.

- Adapt your motor commitment according to your physical body and the balance of power.

- Be supportive of his/her partners and respectful of his/her opponent (s) and the referee.

- Observe and co-referee. - Accept the result of the match and know how

to analyze it objectively

The main problems• end-of-cycling expectations quasi existing• Increased inequality between schools• An activity can replace another, so no

necessity for sports facilities. • Learning fields mix table tennis and rugby

5 novelties: The choice of the cultural reference: art and

sport Cards on each APSA studied A curved entrance, towards the end of the

levels linked to cycles Programming: deepening / discovery

Choice of art and sport

• Organize an event every year in the form of a meeting or show, an outing or an internship (especially to practice an outdoor activity).

• Organize a programme for one activity of a minimum of 60 hours.

• A minimum of 30 hours to study each PSAA to stabilize learning

HANDBALL SCHOOL DIPLOMA

What are these diploma?

• A test, crystallizing the cultural aspect of the PSAA concerned.

• An evaluation that is a learning tool throughout the cycle: Main criteria that is both an evaluation criterion and a transformative tool for students.

• A live assessment: The student must be able to identify, at any time, whether he has acquired the diploma or not.

Main criteriathe throw alone

• The number of throw alone (without opponent between the goalkeeper and the thrower) in handball is a favourablethrowing situation for a player, promising to score a goal.

• A team that seeks to place a player in a throwing situation alone will positively transform his behaviour.

• Similarly, a player who seeks to find himself in a throwing situation alone, will not only identify a favourable situation to score but will necessarily implement principles of demarcation, spreading ...

WHAT TEST?Playground: 3 courses possible on

the width of the field

team: 3 X 3 + GB

Defences: man-to-man or girl-to-girl system, all terrain device

Adaptation possible regulation: 3 steps, 1 bounce, 3 not 1 bounce ...

Neutralization removed

Thank you for your attention!